{"id":1766,"date":"2015-03-20T10:23:55","date_gmt":"2015-03-20T14:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2015-03-20T10:23:55","modified_gmt":"2015-03-20T14:23:55","slug":"west-virginia-governor-tomblin-vetoes-concealed-carry-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=1766","title":{"rendered":"West Virginia Governor Tomblin Vetoes Concealed Carry Bill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has vetoed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.legis.state.wv.us\/bill_status\/bills_history.cfm?INPUT=347&amp;year=2015&amp;sessiontype=RS\">SB 347<\/a> &#8212; legislation that would allowing citizens to carry a concealed weapon without a permit.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tomblin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-1767\" title=\"tomblin\" src=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/tomblin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"268\" height=\"188\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWe cannot continue to put our law enforcement at risk,\u201d Tomblin told MetroNews Talkline host Hoppy Kercheval.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Tomblin said that under current law, \u201cyou have to have training classes and background checks &#8212; and there is a record who is carrying a concealed weapon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">That would be eliminated under SB 347, Tomblin said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Under the legislation, \u201canyone can have a concealed weapon,\u201d Tomblin said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what law enforcement was concerned about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The bill passed the Senate 30 to 4 and the House 71 to 29.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">But Tomblin said that he heard from legislatures after the vote that they too were hearing from law enforcement officials back home and were concerned about the bill.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cEven though that bill passed overwhelmingly in the House and Senate, some were squeamish about it,\u201d Kercheval said. \u201cThey were looking to you to them off the hook.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s pretty much it,\u201d Tomblin said.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin has vetoed SB 347 &#8212; legislation that would allowing citizens to carry a concealed weapon without a permit. \u201cWe cannot continue to put our law enforcement at risk,\u201d Tomblin told MetroNews Talkline host Hoppy &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/?p=1766\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1766\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/morgancountyusa.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}